The holiday season is a lovely time for high-stress traveling, buying people things that they neither particularly want or need, and contentious encounters with your extended family. But perhaps the greatest holiday tradition is the annual installment of an enormous fire hazard in your living room.

Just in case you forgot that keeping your Christmas tree well-watered can be a literal matter of life or death, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has prepared this festive holiday greeting to remind you. It's similar to the video above, and further proves how vital it is to make sure your tree is watered.

The holiday season is a lovely time for high-stress traveling, buying people things that they neither particularly want or need, and contentious encounters with your extended family. But perhaps the greatest holiday tradition is the annual installment of an enormous fire hazard in your living room.